, the Baton Rouge Police Department said Roberts-Joseph was a"tireless advocate of peace in the community," adding that they were"working diligently to bring the person or persons responsible for this heinous act to justice."reportedly still searching for clues and leadsRoberts-Joseph was beloved for her contributions to the Black community. In 2001, she founded and curated the Odell S. Williams Now and Then African American Museum in Baton Rouge.
in 2016."Across racial lines, the community can help to build a better Baton Rouge, a better state, and a better nation." Roberts-Johnson was one of 11 siblings. Over the weekend, one of her sisters, Beatrice Johnson, who lived two doors away, toldthat she saw Roberts-Johnson daily."Friday, she came by she had mixed some cornbread, but her oven went out, and she brought it here to put in the oven," Johnson said."The bread is still there. She never came back to get it."